National Pharmacy Association

2017: Pharmacy’s roller-coaster year

It has been an unsettling 12 months for pharmacy and as 2017 draws to a close there are still a number of unresolved issues hanging over the New Year.…

Delay in price concessions leads to community pharmacy’s ‘worst month for 30 years’

An unprecedented delay in reaching a national agreement on drug price concessions for generic products has led to community pharmacists facing the “worst month for 30 years”…

John D’Arcy — looking back on community pharmacy and predictions for the future

John D’Arcy, managing director of the virtual community pharmacy chain Numark and former chief executive of the National Pharmacy Association, spells out his vision for pharmacy as he approaches retirement.…

Regular health checks to tackle long term conditions and raise profile of community pharmacy, recommends think tank

Community pharmacies should provide health checks to everyone over the age of 18 to enable conditions such as hypertension, to be detected earlier, says a new report commissioned by the National Pharmacy Association.…

Pharmacy profession welcomes dispensing error decriminalisation legislation

Pharmacy leaders have welcomed new legislation that will protect community pharmacists from prosecution over dispensing errors.…

Decriminalisation legislation laid before Parliament

Draft legislation, which provides a legal defence for community pharmacists who make a dispensing error, has been laid before Parliament.…

Celesio boss resigned ‘to be with family’

The outgoing managing director of Celesio UK, the parent company of LloydsPharmacy, has said he resigned because he “needs to go back to [his] family.”…

Community pharmacists to spell out to MPs how they can ease winter pressures

Community pharmacists will explain to MPs later this month how the profession can help take pressure off NHS services this winter.…

Ask your Pharmacist Week kicks off

Hundreds of community pharmacy open days are being held across the country as part of a week-long awareness campaign.…

Two years’ community pharmacy development ‘lost’ due to cuts, says PSNC chief executive

Two years of community pharmacy development have been “lost” because of government cuts, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) chief executive Sue Sharpe told the 2017 Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPCs) conference.…